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Wed Feb 3, 2016, 02:33 PM Feb 2016

Moore: Bob Dylan Loved 'Fahrenheit 9-11

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/michael-moore-bob-dylan-loved-fahrenheit-9-11-20160202


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"We were about five rows from the stage," says Moore. "I guess he saw me from the stage, and as we were leaving, the road manager came out and said, 'Bob wants to meet you.' It was really quite the moment."


Moore — whose new documentary, Where to Invade Next, hits theaters on February 12th — is a lifelong Dylan fan, but this was the first time the filmmaker got a chance to actually meet him. "He started talking about Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11," he says. "He goes, 'You won the Oscar for Bowling for Columbine, but I think you should have gotten it for Fahrenheit 9/11 too.' He just kept going on and on about the importance of Fahrenheit 9/11. I've only met one or two people in my life where you're in that moment and it really feels like a religious experience."

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